Café Oto

18-22 Ashwin St, London

City guide on Weekend at Cafe Oto

Bird on the Wire and Cafe OTO present Joe Rainey

Fri 10 May 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London

Rainey grew up a Red Lake Ojibwe in Minneapolis, a city with one of the largest and proudest Native
... state unto itself, but Rainey grew up down in what Northerners call "The Cities," in his mom’s house on... professionals, city Indians travelling all over the north country, repping their reservations and their

Beyond 1932 Residency: Hardi Kurda + Archive Khanah ?????? ????

Sat 11 May 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London

What is the role of citizens and local communities in preserving the sound of their region? Who decided what music and sounds are 'worth’ being archived? And how should we engage with archives as sites of both remembering and forgetting? 
As part of the ERC’s Beyond 1932 Research Project at King’s College London, sound artist and composer Hardi Kurda will launch his new project, Archive Khanah

Archive of Listening

Sun 12 May 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London

The night will begin with a panel discussion about the concept of the Archive of Listening, aiming to exchange listening experiences and practices with other archive platforms. The panel will feature Mark Gergis, Yamen Mekdad (Syrian Cassette Archives), Christina Hazboun (Christina Hazboun, Founder of The Sonic Agent from Palestine) and Hardi Kurda (Archive Khanah founder from Kurdistan), moderate